Phonics

Through the Sounds Write program, students will continue to build their knowledge of sound patterns and how to segment and blend sounds to read and write words. During our phonics sessions, the students also practise their letter formations as well as building words and swapping sounds in and out to create new words. They practise holding words in their head and sounding them out before writing them during dictation activities.

Reading

The students will continue to explore different authors learning about what influences their writing and what are some common themes or characteristics of their stories. Students will also be working on inferencing or understanding implied information in texts. This involves drawing conclusions based on evidence that is not directly stated in the text. 

Writing

In writing, students are spending time discussing and developing their opinions on a range of topics and then structuring this into persuasive writing pieces. This includes persuasive letters, posters and leaflets and learning about the features of these types of writing that capture the reader's attention and convince them to think or act in the same way as the writer.

We will also be linking our Science unit to our writing by developing our procedural writing skills. In procedure writing, students will develop their skills in writing step by step instructions using a range of vocabulary to structure their writing correctly and include detail for the reader.

Maths

During Term 2, Homegroup TP and L will be focusing on addition and subtraction strategies, understanding data and money. Students will use a variety of strategies to solve problems and discuss which are the most efficient strategies to use. 

We are also continuing to work on representing numbers in different ways including using a range of concrete materials to ‘show’ their numbers as well as creating number sentences and partitioning numbers into parts.

Science

The students are very excited to be focusing on Science this term. Homegroup TP are investigating how to combine mixtures of solids and liquids and explaining the benefits and purposes of particular mixtures. They are also exploring how solids and liquids are influenced by temperature.

Homegroup L are exploring the properties of liquids, solids and gases, and will explore whether changes to materials are reversible or irreversible. 

Later in the term there will be a whole school excursion to the West Gippsland Arts Centre to experience The Alphabet of Awesome Science performance.

Religion

During our Religion Inquiry this term, students are learning about the purpose of signs and symbols in their lives and will transfer this knowledge to an understanding of the signs and symbols related to the Catholic Church. We will develop this through several familiar logos and symbols including AFL logos, emojis and symbols that we might see in the community.